C47

Chapter 47 - Earth Emperor Xiao Letian

"Xiang Shaolong, you big idiot, now you know what it's like for a scholar to turn hostile, right? This bunch of intellectuals who occupy the highest point of public opinion, once they start hacking, they will be no less than bandits! " Xiao Letian put down the information that the pigeon had brought, and the words that Sima Yun had written on the silk scroll were still fresh in his mind.

The night after Sima Yun's warning, the Xiang Jia Village encountered the encirclement and annihilation of the local Green Battalion. That night, the sound of gunshots resounded throughout the Xiang Jia Village. When the wolf-like Green Battalion disciples rushed into the mansion, they discovered that the hundreds of people in the Xiang Jia Village had all disappeared.

Xiang Shaolong was not an idiot. He was the renowned Dragon Lord of the Northern Lands, with countless friends in the martial arts world. Especially Yan Qing, who had a trade road that led to the Zhang family entrance. During his many years of operation, the Dragon Lord and the bandits and mounted gangsters outside of his mouth all had friendly relations. When he found out that the Qing soldiers were going to annihilate the Xiang Jia Village, he split the whole village into dozens of small teams and dived into the deep mountains, heading straight for the business outside the mouth.

The cunning rabbit still had three holes, not to mention the Dragon Lord.

When the news of the disappearance of the entire village of Xiang Jia Village spread to the Beijing, the calm and composed Qingliu Leader frowned, and then wandered around the house. The steward was puzzled. Even if his master saw the empress dowager, he would never be humble or haughty. Why did he lose his composure today?

When the butler carefully advised him, Weng Tonghe shook his head and said, "You don't understand, you simply don't understand. Ever since Xiao Letian appeared, I suddenly had a premonition that something was going to happen. I felt that the atmosphere around me had changed … "

"Assassinating a second evildoer, even the assassins turned traitor? He actually let him go? This was simply unimaginable in the past. I had already promised to protect his family's spot as a High Scholar. This is the hope for his Xiang Jia Village to rise again after hundreds of years … But? But he actually let them go halfway? Does he, Xiao Letian, know a demonic technique that can bewitch people? "

Weng Tonghe paced around the study room irritably. "How is it now, someone actually leaked the news halfway? More than a thousand Green Battalion carrying firearms were not even able to capture a single living person? The entire manor had fled. If there was no wife, then there would be no one to blame … How can things become so complicated just by sticking to Xiao Letian! "

In the end, Weng Tonghe was so angry that he started to tremble, "So this is the Evil Demon, this is the big enemy of us, a life and death big enemy …"

The butler was stunned by the old master. He did not expect that the master, who was the leader of the scholars, would have such a high evaluation of that Second Demon. He wanted to fight against a scholar who had inherited thousands of years of knowledge? Isn't he overestimating me?

"Old master, if that's the case, I'll go and take a look. There must be even better assassins in the world. I don't believe that he can't kill them!" the butler said angrily.

"Stupid!" On one hand, Xiao Letian is already on high alert, but on the other hand, his prestige is already up, and famous people in the capital are always getting assassinated, do you think the imperial court is a decoration? "

"Also, I am a dignified Imperial Advisor, not a crazed killer. Killing for the sake of demonstration is a righteous cause, I have never regretted it. However, when the enemy has already set up a formation and wants to fight me fair and square, I will absolutely not be afraid to fight … "

At that moment, Weng Tonghe's face was completely sacred and holy. His heart was filled with strong confidence, the thousands of years that the Confucian clan had accumulated gave him countless connections and resources. He would never believe that the Second Demon Empress could win, never.

"Mo!" I want to make a report and guarantee that Xiao Letian will enter Han Lin! "

"Huh?" The steward's jaw almost dropped down when he heard this. This was the lord's plan, why was he still in a hurry to send him off?

Weng Tonghe smiled as if he had a brilliant plan in front of his chest. He raised the brush and began to protect Xiao Letian as a Fourth Rank Han Lin Qing Gui. While he was writing, a figure had been climbing up the roof of the study for two hours. Every word in the room was clearly heard by the dark figure. He held a Penetrating Bone Nail in his hand and was hesitating whether to attack or not.

Other than Xiang Shaolong, there was no one else who wanted to kill Weng Tonghe. However, the fear of scholars that the Chinese people had cultivated for thousands of years made him hesitate. The current Weng Tonghe was only at the second rank, and a Qingliu Leader one at that. He had never heard of anything about him being greedy.

Was it really good to kill such a high ranking official? But why did this official want to assassinate Xiao Letian? Why did you kill my Xiang Family after the matter was exposed? Was this what a court official should do?

Only today did he get an accurate answer from Weng Tonghe. It turned out that Weng Hanlin had made a choice on the matter of life and death for the entire Confucian clan, so killing Xiao Letian was an absolutely helpless action.

Look at the current Weng Hanlin, he actually personally made Xiao Letian his official, is he trying to turn into his enemy? Or did he want to have a fair fight? Xiang Shaolong could not understand, but he secretly equated this matter to the situation between the Eastwoods faction and the eunuchs in the end of the day.

But after thinking about it, he felt that something was not right there. Xiao Letian did not do anything to make people angry, did he? Even if he was unforgivable, he had just returned home, so there was no chance for him to do bad things no matter what he wanted to do. At that moment, Xiang Shaolong was at a loss.

Weng Tonghe's paper roll was placed in front of empress dowagers the next day. Both Ci Xi and Ci An smiled when they saw it. This Weng Hanlin, he really has a stomach full of playthings, he wants to drag Xiao Letian down to Hanlin House? That was a clean and simple place, and he could not help but rub it.

"Weng Shu Ping, Weng Shu Ping!" You don't even have to think about it. You don't even have to buy a second rank top disciple with the surname Xiao, why would you want a fourth rank top student like you? "Forget it, I'll just leave this off …"

Weng Tonghe's farce only reached Xiao Letian's ears after three days. At that time, Xiao Letian was frowning, he understood that Weng Tonghe was hoping for it. He did not have any hope of passing this test. He only wanted to send a signal to the public. How magnanimous I, Weng Shuping, am. How much I love talented people.

"Truly shameless, these people of the Qing Dynasty are always smearing powder on their faces. They are just bullying the common people …" After Xiao Letian finished listening, he did not take it to heart at all. But not long later, Fan Lian walked in with a weird look on his face.

"Aiya, why is Manager Fan so free today? "How is the progress of the purchase of the scattered silver taels …"

"Mr. Xiao... "I didn't come here today for that. I have a letter for you to take a look …" With that, Fan Lian took out a letter from his bosom and handed it over to Xiao Letian.

Opening the letter, he saw that it was actually a letter that Fan Ru, the big brother, wrote to his brother. At the beginning, there were only procedural greetings and words of reminiscence. In the end, Fan Ru even told him a piece of good news. Although Ministry of Internal Affairs did not regain his status as the Royal Merchant, but he had already handed over some leather and salt products that were not in his mouth to Fan family to do. It seemed like there was hope for him to regain his status as the Royal Merchant.

When Xiao Letian finished reading, he smiled bitterly and said, "The letters were full of demonstrations, showing off to me, but... However, someone brought me a message from my brother... He said that as long as I tell him everything that mister knows about you, he will ensure that I return to my clan. Furthermore, this Fan family will be able to recover my status as a first stage Royal Merchant … "

"AHH!" Xiao Letian finally understood that some of the powers in the capital had already set their eyes on Fan Lian, and wanted him to become their spy. Perhaps they already thought that throwing out a first stage Royal Merchant position was already a heavenly gift, a group of lowly merchants would rush over just like a vicious dog snatching a bone.

"What do you think?" Xiao Letian said with a smile.

"Humph!" This is just coaxing a dumb dog onto the wall, let alone a predetermined Royal Merchant, even if he were to give a real one to a Royal Merchant right now, I would still not be interested in him. "From Mister's book, I can already see the power of merchants. The West views merchants as the pillars of their country, unlike the Daqing who treats us all as slaves …"

"A Royal Merchant can earn at most two to three million gold taels per year, but they have to pay ninety percent of the annual bribes. Only a fool can work with them. "My brother is a complete brainwashed idiot …"

Xiao Letian waved his hand, "Alright, old shopkeeper, don't be angry. Since your brother has sent a letter, you should agree to it temporarily. If you refuse at once, it will arouse suspicion. You just have to pass on some useless information. Maybe one day, your identity as a double agent will be of great use. "

After saying that, Xiao Letian suddenly stood up, took out his pocket watch and carefully looked at it, "It's almost 11, it's already time for lunch, today I will make the two of us go to Liu He Restaurant to have a drink, three days ago, the owner of the Sixth He Restaurant already invited me to join them …"

Xiao Letian was no longer as destitute as he was before. Coming out of the Qing San Ye's house, he was accompanied by eighteen burly looking men who served him from the side. Originally, Xiao Letian felt extremely disgusted with this kind of grand display, but unfortunately, Shi Dakai gave the death order and would definitely not leave his house without sufficient guards.

They were just guards on the surface, but there were three times as many guards in the dark. At first, Xiao Letian was not used to it, but after hearing the date, even an unpopular High Scholar in the countryside would have to wait upon him when he leaves his house, as he was a renowned Alone overseas.

When Xiao Letian and the rest reached the entrance of the shop, they found out that the shopkeeper had long been waiting for them at the entrance. It turned out that a servant had already booked a room with the name of heaven ahead of time.

"Greetings to Master Xiao … Grandpa Xiao, you're so lucky... "Esteemed customer, please come to the second floor …" When Xiao Letian appeared, it caused a huge commotion. At this time, Xiao Letian was already the Yi County's Earth Emperor, and from the Liu County Order down, as long as it was a yamen runner, they all received money from the Mr. Xiao.

constable head, Main Book, Ancient History... In any case, the distance from here to the county magistrate wasn't too far, and these officials who had written their blood reports and pressed their bloody handprints all smiled as they came over to pay their respects to Xiao Letian.

The commoners around the Sixth House were all struck dumb. The county courtesans who were usually like old men were laughing like their third grandchildren today, especially Wang Hu, who was not only smiling respectfully but also looking at them with a trace of fear in his eyes.

He had personally witnessed Xiao Letian burning Tai Ling. He had already lost all courage against this fearless Second Fiend, so even if Xiao Letian forced him to rebel now, he wouldn't be able to refuse.

During this period of time, Liu County Order and Wang Hu took Xiao Letian's silver and started to bribe the officials under their command. After killing an inconspicuous treasurer and a Grand Master who was trying to keep the secret, the entire official level of Yi County became quiet.

"Look, that old man is the one who wrote , the reputed Grand Master of Western Studies, Xiao Letian. He is the famous Alone overseas …"

"Aiyo, hey, I was really lucky today. To be able to catch a glimpse of a great grandmaster and get a bit of that literary aura, my ancestor's grave is already emitting green smoke …"

"Gentlemen, what kind of official position is this Grandmaster? Just how big is it? "

"Tch!" "What a gavel! Great Grandmasters are the founder of our sect. They can't compare to Kong Meng but they are still more than enough to fight against Zhu Xi, Wang Yangming and the others!"

Amidst the discussions of the crowd, the crowd moved Xiao Letian to the third floor like a crowd of stars praising the moon.